The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1887-08-05
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK
Condensed for the Convenience
of the Reader.
Accidents and Incidents of the
Past Few Days.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Aug. 81.
Cholera is spreading in the provinces
OF Italy and the deaths are numerous
each day.
Citizens of Memphis and Cincinnati
will urge the president to visit them
on his coming tour.
Thlrty-six Mormon missionaries have
been driven away from Asheville, S. c.,
by a mob armed with axe helves and
headed by Baptist preacher.
Fire in Armour's new beef house at
the stock yards in Chicago caused a
loss of nearly 100000, to offset which
there is an insurance of S295,COO
The work Of changing the gauge of
the Montana branch of the Union Pa
citic to standard, from Silver Bow to
POcatello, 246 miles, was done in few
hours.
William DAILY was run over and
killed by Wisconsin Central train
near Chippewa Falls, Wis. Yesterday,
A bottle of whisky was found in his
pocket.
Waterbury Messenger: 1t is gener-
ally supposed that fall plowing is the
best but w. Rex saws that his grain is
decidedly best where he plowed in the
spring.
One watermelon train ran into the
rear of another near Chester, SC. An
engineer and fireman were hurt.
Twelve cars and countless melons were
wrecked.
President Phillips, of the suspended
Columbia bank, of Philadelphia, has
made public statement of its condi-
ton, showing liabilities of $2789Ol;
assets, $478,9O1.
There were three new cases of fever
and three deaths at Key West Sunday.
The record now stands: Total cases to
date, 152; deaths 80; sick now, So; dis
charged cured. 5S.
~ fire started i'll the meat shop of
Sublet Il Hanklns, at Georgetown, Ky,
and burned several adjoining business
houses, including the office of the
Times newspaper. Loss. $4,000.
Augusta, Ga, has narrowly escaped
great calamity. More than three
fourths of the city was covered with
water from one to six feet deep. The
greatest damage is to streets and
sewers.
The committee appointed to elabo-
rate scheme for the establishment of
Roman Catholic university in Amer
ica. will hold Il conference in Rome on
Ang. I to decide the location OF the in
stitution.
The first fast train on the Minnesota
Hr arfh h1 1oe
O'Clock Su day night and arrived in
chicago on time, covering the distance
in fourteen hours The roadbed is in
good condition.
Andrew Mckee, aged %, and How
ard Rush. aged Is, entered I; sewer in
Philadelphia on a wager. Mckee was
overcome with foul gas and was taken
| out dead. Rush was found ulicul-
scious, and Ibis recovery is doubtful.
The prices in plug tobacco have ait
| vanced 100 per cent in the past forty
tive days. st. Paul johbers have adj
vanced prices accordingly. The adj
vance comes upon consumers. while
the advance in smoking tobacco falls
upon the retailers.
While a patty of men were engaged
in pitching dollars at Bertram, Texas
bolt of lightning descended, instantly
killing G. A. Phinney and n. B. Sin
clair, and probably mortallv injuring
Quinn Sanford. DIR. Haywood and q.
w. Phinney, who were near by, were
badly shocked, but not dangerously
hurt.
A cyclone passed Anson, Texas.
The damages in the town so far as
learned foot up $4,000. The Baptist
church was blown partially from its
foundation. Several houses were badly
damaged. Nearly all of the houses at
Haskill were demolished and several
people injured. So far as known no
one was killed. The damage to grow
ing crops was great.
The London papers concur in the
| opinion that the review at Spithead
was the finest display of naval strength
the world has ever seen. The Paris
Figaro says: "A long time must elapse
before it will be possible to again wit
ness 80 superb collection of war ships.
England may justly be proud of the
review. 1t was an imposing Manifes-
| tation of her strength and wealth."
The dominion government has i'm
posed quarantine regulations which
preclude absolutely the Importation
into Manitoba, the northwest territory,
or British Columbia of any cattle ex-
cept for breeding purposes, and they
only to be imported subject to the
most stringent quarantine inspection.
All horses and hogs imported in the
future will be subject to twenty-one
day quarantine.
While van of Robbins circus was
ascending Davidson's Hill, steep in
cline in Quebec near where they are
performing, the traces were detached
from the van and the four horses roll
ed to the bottom, striking q carter's
wagon in the descent, and finally
crashing into house. The carter's
horse and one of the van horses were
killed. Q. Smith, the driver of the van
was probably fatally injured.
Dysentery, cholera infantum, and
other kindred diseases have for several
weeks prevailed among the children in
various localities of Marion county,
| Ill. At Odin many have died, and the
townships of Racoon and Haines the
fatality has been great. William Nc
Laughlin, prominent farmer of Ten
nesse Prairie, lost two children yester-
day. Officia! action has been taken to
prevent the spread of the plague.
The transportation committee of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, l. o. o. F.,
announces that the grand official route
from Chicago to Denver and return in
September, will be the Chicago. Rock
Island and Pacific, Chicago to Kansas
City; Union Pacific, Kansas City to